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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Those Ravens logos certainly have been like kryptonite to Tom Brady, whom many consider the Superman of the modern-day quarterbacking fraternity.

While he hasn’t actually shrivelled and melted whenever he has played the Ravens, he certainly hasn’t been, well, Brady-like in his past four meetings against Baltimore.

While Brady holds a 5-2 career mark versus Baltimore, he is only 2-2 in recent years, including a 1-1 split in post-season encounters.

In those four games, Brady has thrown seven picks and just four touchdown passes versus the Ravens, numbers that equate to a quarterback rating of just 69.3. In other words, the Ravens are not intimidated by the future Hall of Famer and know they have a legitimate shot to get him off his game when Baltimore and New England meet in the AFC championship game on Sunday afternoon at Gillette Stadium.

“It’s never easy,” Brady said about facing the Ravens. “There’s not an easy throw, there won’t be an easy throw this weekend.

“I think they really challenge you. That’s why they’re in this game.”

BELICHICK A LEWIS FAN

Bill Belichick hands out compliments as rarely as his Patriots have losing seasons.

So when the Pats’ head coach dished out some kudos to future Hall of Famer Ray Lewis this week, you knew the Ravens linebacker must be quite the special player.

“His consistency, his production and he’s won a lot of games,” Belichick said when asked what impresses him most about Lewis.

“He’s very productive, has good instincts, great in the running game, is instinctive in the passing game, play action and recognizing different route combinations. He’s a good blitzer, he times his blitzes really well. He has a good command of the defence in terms of making adjustments, controlling the front.

“We’re talking about a Hall of Fame player that has had tremendous production over a long period of time, I wouldn’t say there are many weaknesses in his game.”

BOARD GAMES

Remember the days of bulletin board material?

Now we give you the concept of billboard material, courtesy of the fine folks here in New England.

Having found an electronic way to mock Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, Clear Channel Outdoor Boston has sprinkled electronic billboards in the area that read “Ray’s Retirement Party.” Beneath those words is a clock counting down the days, hours, minutes and seconds until the opening kickoff of the AFC championship game at Gillette Stadium on Sunday.

Because Lewis has made it known he will retire at the conclusion of these playoffs, the message sent by these billboards is that Sunday’s clash will be Lewis’ final NFL game because, well, the Ravens will lose to the Patriots.

At least that’s what the billboards think.

BRADY STATS PACK

By the time Tom Brady hangs up his cleats, he may very well be considered the greatest quarterback of all time. He needs just one more Super Bowl ring to equal the record of four held by Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana.

Here is a Tom Brady Stats Pack which exhibit how his playoff numbers do his talking for him.

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Those Ravens logos certainly have been like kryptonite to Tom Brady, whom many consider the Superman of the modern-day quarterbacking fraternity.

While he hasn’t actually shrivelled and melted whenever he has played the Ravens, he certainly hasn’t been, well, Brady-like in his past four meetings against Baltimore.

While Brady holds a 5-2 career mark versus Baltimore, he is only 2-2 in recent years, including a 1-1 split in post-season encounters.

In those four games, Brady has thrown seven picks and just four touchdown passes versus the Ravens, numbers that equate to a quarterback rating of just 69.3. In other words, the Ravens are not intimidated by the future Hall of Famer and know they have a legitimate shot to get him off his game when Baltimore and New England meet in the AFC championship game on Sunday afternoon at Gillette Stadium.

“It’s never easy,” Brady said about facing the Ravens.

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